Caroline Boyland

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2018 is well underway, and automation is top of mind for business and IT professionals in every industry. In fact, according to the latest Gartner research, IT Infrastructure Automation Tools ranked number one as the top Initiative for Increased Investment in 2018. 71% of I&O leaders surveyed reported that they have plans to increase investment in these tools in the coming year, and Gartner listed the major benefit of these automation tools as reduced costs from standardizing infrastructure, automation workflows, and scripts. Automation is a critical tool in achieving business agility—and it’s time we address the misconceptions that accompany it.

Industry analysts like Gartner and Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) have spoken, and if you’re not yet using Workload Automation (or you’re not using it to its full potential) you will fall behind this year. The benefits of Workload Automation span every department in the organization, and if it’s the right solution, it can make a huge business impact. Here are the 3 reasons, according to Gartner and EMA, why you’ll need a strong Workload Automation solution in 2018.

How many hours of the day do you spend coding? Most IT programmers or developers will say that it varies. For someone in this type of role, the days become unpredictable—the amount of time needed to research, write, test, and document new code is difficult to predict. While the writing part isn’t always extremely time consuming, the researching, testing, and documentation phases of coding can extend the lifetime of the task at hand tenfold. It’s no secret that there’s a skills gap facing IT, so when these time-consuming processes occupy limited IT resources, there is no one available to perform the other repetitive, but necessary, IT tasks. What many IT teams are beginning to learn is that an IT Automation solution can eliminate, almost completely, the time-consuming elements that come along with coding.

In 2017, IT teams everywhere were looking to automation tools to keep pace with the rapid rate of industry change. From increasing IT agility, to driving digital business success, IT automation can help you reach your goals. In honor of the new year, we've rounded up our top 5 automation resources of 2017, guaranteed to help you understand how an IT automation solution will bring value to your organization.

IT is constantly facing barriers that are slowing them down and hindering them from achieving their goals. Traditional IT methods and processes are no longer able to keep pace with industry and organizational changes. Many IT teams are searching for new methods and solutions to combat potential pitfalls that may accompany such changes, butthere is one common mistake IT needs to be aware of.

Dan Twing, President & COO of leading analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and Ben Rosenberg, President of Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc. (ASCI), are set to sit down December 5th for a live webinar that will change how you think about digital business and automation. For most organizations, successful digitalization is a critical priority. If a smooth digital transformation and digital business success are goals for your organization, 3 Essential Keys to Redefining IT Automation for Digital Business Success is one webinar you can’t afford to miss.

With 2017 coming to a close, Gartner has begun releasing predictions for 2018. This month, they published new research focusing on the role of technology procurement teams. CEOs, CIOs, CMOs, CTOs, and other CxOs must transform their approach to technology procurement to stay competitive in the age of digitalization.

Boundaries posed within Microsoft SQL Server may be decreasing your IT agility. Here is our list of the top 3 SQL Server automation issues that are slowing DBAs down:

Scheduling capabilities within SQL Server Agent are limiting.

There is no way to chain jobs and execute workflows across multiple SQL machines.

SQL process need to communicate with the other applications and technologies within the IT environment.

If any of these issues sound like something that you or your IT team have commented on in the past, it may be time for you to learn how to both increase the power of SQL Server, and extend that power throughout your entire IT environment.

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